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Gentle stroking stimuli induce affiliative responsiveness to humans in male rats

Gentle tactile stimuli have been shown to play an important role in the establishment and maintenance of affiliative social interactions. Oxytocin has also been shown to have similar actions. We investigated the effects of gentle stroking on affiliative relationships between humans and rats and the...

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Autores principales: Okabe, Shota, Takayanagi, Yuki, Yoshida, Masahide, Onaka, Tatsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32499488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66078-7